VENTURA COUNTY NEWS

Fast-Moving Storm to Bring Coastal Rain

A Pacific storm system was creeping into Ventura County late Friday, bringing a trace of rain to coastal cities and the promise of up to an inch today in the mountains.

A storm watch for Ventura County was issued Friday because the snow level was expected to drop overnight to 4,500 feet. A snow advisory will be in effect all day today for mountain areas above 6,000 feet.

"This will be a relatively fast-moving system," said meteorologist Bill Hoffer of the National Weather Service office in Oxnard.

Hoffer said 4 to 7 inches of snow may accumulate in the mountains by this morning.